Facebook has bought artificial intelligence startup Ozlo to help build its Messenger service into a chatty virtual assistant that answers your questions.
Ozlo specialises in understanding text-based conversations, and claims its software can understand and answer complex questions that require more than a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer.
For instance, its AI assistant can answer a question about whether or not a restaurant is 'group friendly' based on data from multiple reviews.
Facebook is buying both Ozlo's technology and workforce, who will likely join Messenger's existing AI team.
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